Nearly four decades after the Chernobyl disaster, scientists are still uncovering unexpected forms of life in its aftermath.

The Chernobyl exclusion zone may be off-limits to humans, but not to every form of life. Ever since the Unit Four reactor at ...

Nearly 40 years after the disaster, Cladosporium sphaerospermum not only survives lethal radiation levels but appears to grow ...

Inside the shattered remains of Chernobyl’s Unit 4 reactor, where radiation levels can still kill a human in minutes, ...

From outer space to down here on Earth, there are many places where ionizing radiation levels are high enough that they ...

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Recent release of the waste water from Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster stirred apprehension regarding the health implications of radiation exposure. Classified as a Group 1 carcinogen, ionizing ...

Every day, Alaskans are exposed to radiation. Some is non-ionizing and detectable by sound, heat or sight through radios, ...

Increasing concerns over clinicians' risks of developing cancer or other health problems from ionizing radiation exposures on the job prompted members of the American Medical Association (AMA) House ...